Thanks for your response Dave however, COUNTIF worked better for my needs.


"Dave F" wrote:

=COUNTA([your range],[text you want to count, enclosed in quotation marks])

Example: =COUNTA(A1:A10000,"this is how you count the frequency of a text
string")

Dave
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"smck" wrote:

I import text from various data sources. Is there a function (or if anyone
has a macro) that will allow me to search the worksheet/workbook for a
specific text and print the number of times that text appears? The text may
not necessarily be in the same location at all times. It could also be
combined with other text in a cell e.g. "AJAA" or "AJAA text".

As always, your help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks